Worker #1: Is anyone else in here cold?
Worker #2: Well I'm not warm...If that's what you mean.
Renton, Washington
Fat old creepy guy interrupting three Asian girls: So how old is this guy?
Asian girl #1 (looking awkwardly at friends): 18.
Asian girl #2: Yeah. (laughs) She likes them young.
Fat old creepy guy: Oooh! (pause) You can train him! Get a collar and a leash and a big stick like the ones my kids use to whack their pigs!
Sacramento, California
Salesperson over intercom: Justin, will you please get out of the happiness place?
Nashville, Tennessee
Overheard by: dolly
Receptionist on cell: We're going to have to make a special trip to New York, girl, because I need some new door knockers in my life, and you know I'm not going to find them around here.
Portland, Oregon
Intern: I wish I could remember Matt Damon's name in Good Will Hunting...
Santa Fe Building
Denver, Colorado
Sally*, stretching her leg after working out: It's tight and painful, yet it feels so good at the same time.
Tel Aviv
Israel
Employee returning from Starbucks: Your whisper of cinnamon may have turned into a dull roar.
Boston, Massachusetts
Senior partner: I was telling my secretary the other day, "You know what turns me on? You know what gets me hot? A woman with a job."
Senior associate: Well, I have one of those.
Senior partner: It really turns me on.
Atlanta, Georgia
Overheard by: praying that it's only a dream
Mailroom guy #1: Man, I like, dislocated two discs in my back.
Mailroom guy #2: Man, I like, dislocated two balls in my pants.
(person nearby laughs)
Mailroom guy #2: Don't laugh! It's true!
Sudbury
Ontario
Canadia
Female coworker: I love Hawaii, been there four times already.
Male coworker: Oh, so you like to travel a lot?
Female coworker: No, I go to Hawaii to visit my sister, it's not like I'm a member of the mile high club or anything.
Long Island City, New York
Overheard by: oh no u didn't
Coworker: His problem is that he has two perfectly good legs attached to an asshole. He needs to have his legs removed so he can be a whole asshole.
Manchester, Connecticut
Overheard by: very amused
Admin assistant: Can you get us these things from Starbucks? (hands list to intern)
Intern: Yeah. (pauses, looks at list) This one says "no milk"...do you think that means fat free"?
Admin assistant: Uh...
W 45th
New York City, New York
Overheard by: Actually, it said 2 percent.
Lesbian #1: You should get a Subaru. Come on...join the club.
Lesbian #2: I don't really want a Subaru.
Angry straight coworker: Don't get a Subaru. Dude, you people take everything! First you take the rainbow. Now Subarus! What the fuck?
Richmond, California
Overheard by: B $
Intern to resident artist: Is it "Helga's Pub" or "Helga's Lounge"?
Resident artist: It's "Helga's Pub." It stopped being a lounge when they took down the picture of Eddie Rabbit.
Broad Street
Augusta, Georgia
Dumb employee: See, the thing about putting oil and vinegar into a squeeze bottle is that you have to make a decision... You either get oil, or you get vinegar.
Smart employee: Shake it?
Dumb employee: Well...you made a fool out of me.
Port Washington, New York
Overheard by: Chenga
Coworker #1: You were looking for me earlier?
Coworker #2: Oh, yeah, I came down to see you earlier. I needed something to suck on.
Center City
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Technically challenged lady #1: I like that IT guy. He doesn't just come in, stick it in and split. He actually takes the time to explain what he's doing.
Technically challenged lady #2: Yeah, I like him because tells me what goes in which hole.
San Antonio, Texas
20-something female coworker: Ooooh! Dr. Seuss' Oh, the Places You'll Go! For real, ya'll, that's the best book ever written. Well...other than, like, the bible.
Charleston, South Carolina
Boss to intern: Why were you late today?
Intern: I was dreaming!
Midtown
New York City, New York
Overheard by: and he still got hired!?!
Coworker: Hey, does anyone have a dollar that I could borrow for an hour?
Houston, Texas
Manager: Why don't people blink when they're asleep?
Solihull
England
Overheard by: Peon
Dad: So, I need a male audio cable and a video cable with two female connections on each end.
Eight-year-old: Daddy...I thought males and females were like boys and girls. I'm confused.
Dad: Um...don't worry about it.
RadioShack
California
Overheard by: SK
(squeaking noises are heard from the next cubicle)
Office bee #1: What is that?
Office bee #2: It's Jean. She's blowing up a beach ball.
Office bee #1: Oh, okay.
Glenview, Illinois
Boss: I need you to work your superpowers for me.
Stunned office monkey: In the office?!
Argentia Road
Mississauga
Canadia
Overheard by: My superpower is top secret
French intern: Um, excuse me? What is "slut"?
Coworker: Heh...I would run that by your supervisor.
Watertown, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Rachael
Presenter: The activity we're going to do is called "me in a bag." Has anyone ever done "me in a bag"? Who's done "me in a bag"?
Greenwood Village, Colorado
Office worker #1: Have you ever noticed that dog feet smell like popcorn?
Office worker #2: That is going to be my quote of the week!
Fairbanks, Alaska
Overheard by: nunyabidnizz
Office rat on office-wide intercom: Could you be any more Caucasian?
Owings Mills, Maryland
Overheard by: widget
Male coworker to secretary at computer: Can you unzip something for me?
Easton Commons
Columbus, Ohio
Admin #1: I would really like to take a solid shit one of these days.
Admin #2: Mud butt?
Admin #1: Total.
Admin #2: Hmmmm.
Admin #2: More fiber is needed.
Admin #1: What has a lot of fiber in it?
Admin #2: I don't know...let me look.
Richfield, Minnesota
Male coworker to another: As a man, have you ever had your nipples get sore from your shirt rubbing on them?
Chicago, Illinois
Overheard by: Amelia
Coworker #1: I went to the black rodeo.
Coworker #2: Black rodeo?
Coworker #1: Yeah, all the cowboys are black.
Coworker #2: Ohhhhh...where was that?
Coworker #1: Alabama. They had mini cows.
Coworker #3: I think those are baby cows...calves.
Coworker #1: I thought they were premature big cows.
Coworker #3: What the fuck is a premature big cow?
Newspaper
Dallas, Texas
Loud female coworker to other: That's a foot?! I thought it was a penis!
Somerville, New Jersey
Cube worker #1: That's because you're gay.
Cube worker #2: "Gay" as in "happy"?
Cube worker #1: No, "gay" as in "Olympics"!
Twinsburg, Ohio
Orientation instructor: Well, yesterday we had a "team exercise" but it quickly spiraled into a Lord of the Rings scenario.
Alexandria, Virginia
Overheard by: Amy
Visitor: Excuse me, receptionist? Do you mind getting me some coffee?
VP of sales: I'm sorry, I'm not the receptionist.
Visitor: Oh, I'm sorry...you look just like one.
Atlanta, Georgia
Overheard by: Steals your good pens...
Warehouse guy: Where's David?
David, from his cubicle: Oh, they let him go, man. He's gone.
Warehouse guy: Uhhmm...
Charlotte, North Carolina
Sales guy #1: He could be a tranny.
Sales guy #2: Dave*, you are a retard.
Sales guy #1: You don't know! He could be a tranny!
Bonner Springs, Kansas
Coworker: I should ask Mary if I could trade my pink one for her white one.
Richardson, Texas
Engineer #1: You don't want me designing that machine. Not even if I was the last man on earth.
Project manager: If you were the last man on earth, who would there be to ask you to design it?
Engineer #2: The last woman on earth?
Engineer #1: I definitely wouldn't do it then. No matter what I did, she would make me wrong. Fuck that!
Paterson, New Jersey
(coworker #1 launches stress ball at coworker #2)
Coworker #2: Good thing you throw like a girl.
Coworker #1: Ya know, you're like the opposite of United Way: you bring out the worst in me.
Coworker #1: I'm pretty sure that's not their motto.
Coworker #2: I'm pretty sure you're still fucking annoying. (waits a moment) Yep.
East Midtown
New York City, New York
Overheard by: The Temp
Office worker: I love throwing up! I'm dyslexic.
County Courthouse
Norristown, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Lan
Project manager: So there's a naughty spot in the bowling alley?
Swiftwater, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: stop talking, start working please
Boss: Did you get the cream, Dana*?
Manager: Yes.
Boss: And the pants?
Manager: Uh uh!
Boss: Great, then I'm in business!
Oak Brook, Illinois
Overheard by: widgetoc
Blonde in next cubicle: It's especially sad when turtles get killed. I mean, aren't they like really wise and live for hundreds of years or something?
Toronto
Canadia